Hideki Kamiya Confirms Ability to Port Bayonetta to Wii U in Time Before Bayonetta 2

A-list game designer, Hideki Kamiya, took to twitter today respond a fans concern about whether or not Platinum Games would be able to port and release the first entry to the Bayonetta franchise in time before the launch of Bayonetta 2.

I would love to see that happen because I am purchasing Bayo 2 without a doubt but I haven't played the first one.

This would be a great opportunity for me to familiarize myself with the Bayonetta universe before jumping into the second one.

This is all fine and dandy provided they can meet two requirements.

1. That they actually improve the original in terms of framerates and possibly resolution 2. That they release the first one at a COMPETITIVE price point. If this is going to end up just being a straight port, I don't want to be paying $60 for it.

now that's a good idea or even they could do, let's say Bayonetta 2: collectors edition with lets say artwork book, 3D case cover and first bayonetta download code on eShop.. I WOULD BUY IT FOR SURE! :)))

Yeah, Sega still owns Bayonetta IP. Nintendo only secured exclusive publishing rights to Bayonetta 2 by licensing the IP from Sega to financially develop and market the game, but Sega is apparently serving as a consultant on the project. As part of the publishing contract, Sega can't release the game on PlayStation or Xbox consoles.

Anyway, if Hideo Kamiya says his a port of Bayonetta 1 can be done in time before Bayonetta 2's development, then it looks like Bayonetta 2 obviously won't be coming out in the first half of 2014 since the minimal time for porting a game to another platform is 6 months.

To be fair im not sure anyone was expecting bayonetta 2 or X before holiday 2014. I expect dk:tf in jan/feb with smash bros and mario kart shortly after. Maybe Yarn Yoshi midway through the year and a ridiculous plethora of titles from all 3 next gen at christmas.

OT unless Kamiya is trolling, you would think and hope hed spoken to the right people to make this happen already.